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simon armitage

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manhunt

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manhunt

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simon armitage

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simon armitage c

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english poet
looks at how war affects ex soldiers
written in Lauras pov

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sonnet 43

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elizabeth barret browning

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elizabeth barett browning

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sonnet 43

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elizabeth barett browning c

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wrote it for robert barett browning
over protective father - she was sick when she was younger
eloped with robert

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london

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wiliam blake

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william blake

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london

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william blake c

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political revolutionist
influenced by french revolution
disagreed with violence
part of his ongs of innocence and experience 
london was only experience
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rupert brooke

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the soldier

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the soldier

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rupert brooke

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rupert brooke c

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1914 - when ww1 broke out
died in 1915 while in navy
personal experiences

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she walks in beauty

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lord byron

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lord byron

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she walks in beauty

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lord byron c

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romantic era

scandolous affairs with both men and women - forced to leave uk

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living space

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imtiaz dharker

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imtiaz dharker

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living space

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imtiaz dharker c

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raised in glasgow, born in pakistan

lives in mumbai and london

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as impercepyibly as grief

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emily dickinson

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emily dickinson

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as imperceptibly as grief

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emily dickinson c

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introvert - observer

second cousin died when she was 14 - affected her a lot

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cozy apologia

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rita dove

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rita dove

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cozy apologia

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rita dove c

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written for fred

about hurricane katrina

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carol anne duffy c

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both relationships with men and women - experienced in how love is on both sides

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carol anne duffy

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valentine

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valentine

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carol anne duffy

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thomas hardy

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wife in london

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wife in london

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thomas hardy

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thomas hardy c

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written during boer war
he was agaisnt war
often presents war as pointless and destructive

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doan

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seamus heany

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seamus heaney

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doan

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seamus heaney c

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irish poet
fathers fam - famrers
mothers fam - linen mills

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to autumn

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john keats

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john keats

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to autumn

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john keats c

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romantic
brother died in 1819 - tubercolosis
trained as surgeon but gave up
left his love of life

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afternoons

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philip larkin

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philip larkin

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afternoons

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philip larkin c

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restricte life - didnt mrry, librarian

disliked fame

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dulce

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wilfred own

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wilfred owen

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dulce

42
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wilfred own c

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eng poet amd soldier

killed in action 1 week before armistace signing

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mametz wood

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owen sheers

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owen sheers

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mametz wood

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owen sheers c

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saw a grave of allied soldiers

wants to honour sacrifuce and them

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prelude

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william wordsworth

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william wordsworth

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prelude

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william wordsworth c

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explores his childhood thoughts and the ways in which he has changed and grown over time